Megaselia nivizona, Brown & Hartop & Wong, 2022

Brown, Brian V., Hartop, Emily A. & Wong, Maria A., 2022, Sixteen in One: White-Belted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) From the New World Challenge Species Concepts, Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (3), pp. 1-17 : 9-11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/isd/ixac008
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/08253846-FF93-BC1B-FC93-3677FC8A7289
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Megaselia nivizona
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Megaselia nivizona View in CoL New Species Figs. 7, 22.

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Holotype. Male. Canada: Ontario: Warsaw, Ferris Provincial Park , 44.2829°N, 77.7963°W, 131 m, 18.vii.2014, CBG Collections staff [ LACM ENT 366287 About LACM ] ( BIOUG33920 View Materials -B09) ( CNCI). GoogleMaps

Holotype Barcode AACACTTTATTTTATTTTTGGAGCATGAGCT GGAATAGTAGGAACCTCTCTTAGAGTTATAATTCGAGCTGAAT TGGGTCACCCAGGAGCCTTAATTGGTGATGATCAAATTTATAA TGTAATTGTAACTGCCCATGCATTTATTATAATTTCTTTTATAG CTATACCAATTATAATAGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGACTAGTACCC

TTGATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGTATAAATAA TATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCTCCTTCCTTAACTCTATTACTAG CAAGAAGTATAATAGAAAATGGCGCTGGGACAGGTTGAACTG TTTACCCACCTCTATCCTCTAGAATCGCTCATAGAGGGTCTTCT GTTGATCTTGCAATTTTTTCACTTCATCTAGCAGGAATCTCTTC AATTTTAGGAGCAGTAAATTTTATCACTACAATTATTAATATACG GTCATCAGGAATTACTTTTGACCGAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGAT CTATTGGAATTACAGCTTTACTATTACTTTTATCTTTACCTGTTC TTGCAGGAGCAATTACTATACTTTTAACAGATCGAAATTTTAAT ACCTCATTTTTTGACCCAGCTGGAGGGGGAGATCCTATTCTTT ATCAACACCTATTT------

Paratypes. BIOUG33915-A02, -D07, -D12, BIOUG33920-C05, 4 males, same data as holotype.

Other Specimens. 58 further specimens from Ontario (Guelph, Warsaw), and Quebec (Montreal Botanical Garden).

Diagnosis. This is one of the most northeastern of the North American M. sulphurizona -group species, known from Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is distinguished by the light-colored halter and the barcode, which differs from that of the most similar species, M. solizona new species by 5.64% minimum p-distance ( Fig. 1 View Fig , Table 1).

This species is in BOLD as BOLD: AAN8707.

Distribution. Eastern Canada.

Etymology. The name is based on Latin for “snow” (nivis), referring to the white color, and “belt”, a play on words as some of this species’ range is in what is called the “snow belt” of the Great Lakes.